RIP Mobile Flash
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Im curious how many people really surf the internet on their mobile devices. More specifically phones. Aren't apps the easier thing to use?
I think it was wise of them to focus on the app market. The percentage of mobile users surfing random shit and needing flash probably doesnt justify the expense to support those few users. Be nice if they did but makes sense. As far as the whole OMG! flash on web is dead i find that hard to swallow. Take for example banners. How much easyier is it to animate a banner or simple tasks in flash than javascript. For the short term i still see flash being fine. If adobe creates GUI that is easy to use without scripting knowledge to animate i think that app would replace flash, but not actionscript and AIR stuff. Unless that app develops overtime and can become better than those technologies. I do like that flash had a contained environment that made things work pretty evenly seemlessly. You think apple would appreciate that fact since that is what they sell. As far as power usages its about how things are built not the tool used. And as far as motion it seemed at a higher level than alot of the html5 stuff, but again could be the builder and not the tools, however a lot of better builders in flash it seems. If flash said fuck u world and stopped who could animate a banner? I think of that when looking at this argument. Remember getting into this field in like 03-04. Saw some cool js animated banners. But it was niche and probably wasnt worth the costs. The flash GUI opened doors for mor epoeple to easily create small animation stuff in a confined environment. Until adobe creates something better for that stuff i think flash is fine. But i am interested in seeing if they can produce something a GUI for this newer stuff that surpasses the old. And hopefully we dont take a step back because a popular icon demonized something for his own gains.